Peaceful Music from Brede High Woods for ѿý Nature Week
Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented from Brede High Woods by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented from Brede High Woods by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring uplifting and enriching melodies from Part, Sibelius, and Strohl. Sian explores the beautiful natural surroundings of Brede High Wood, and muses on the joy of getting rid of things. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains the concept of awe.
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Antonín Dvořák
From the Bohemian Forest, Op 68, B 133 (5th mvt, 'Silent Woods')
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Conductor: Mario Venzago. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.- Sony.
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Robert Schumann
Papillons, Op 2 (No 5 in B flat major)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- ECM.
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Philip Stopford
Ave Maris Stella [Hail, Star of the Sea]
Choir: VOCES8.- VCM.
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Johann Rosenmüller
Sonata seconda in E minor
Performer: Ingrid Matthews. Performer: Emily Walhout. Performer: Byron Schenkman. Performer: Scott Metcalfe. Ensemble: Ensemble La Luna.- Wildboar.
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Ren Guang
Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon
Performer: Yundi.- Warner.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 4 in A minor, Op 63 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Rubicon.
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Blake Ewing
Forest for the Trees (solo piano version)
Performer: Blake Ewing.- Blake Ewing.
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Ruth Gipps
Clarinet Concerto in G minor, Op 9 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Robert Plane. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Champs Hill.
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Arvo Pärt
The Deer's Cry
Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance for Violin and Orchestra No 2 in F major, Op 50
Performer: James Ehnes. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- Onyx.
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Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome (The Pines of the Janiculum)
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.- Chandos.
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William Wallace
Pelléas and Mélisande Suite (3rd mvt, 'The Love of Pelléas for Mélisande')
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Hyperion.
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Rosey Chan
Autumn
Performer: Rosey Chan.- Rosey Chan.
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Trad.
The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
Performer: Geraldine O'Doherty. Music Arranger: Desmond Earley. Singer: Hazel Conway. Choir: UCD Choral Scholars.- Signum.
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Rita Strohl
Great Dramatic Sonata, 'Titus et Bérénice' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: David Kadouch.- Erato.
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Franz Schubert
Winterreise, Op 89, D 911 (No 5, 'Der Lindenbaum')
Music Arranger: Ernst Radorff. Choir: Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin. Conductor: Andreas Wiedermann.- Capriccio.
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Bryan Kelly
Lest We Forget (2nd mvt, 'Epitaph for Peace')
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Heritage.
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William Smethergell
Symphony No 2 Op 5 in B flat (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Graham Lea-Cox. Orchestra: The Hanover Band.- Decca.
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Antonín Dvořák
10 Legends, Op 59, B 122 (No 8)
Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Charles Gounod
Faust, Ballet Music,1869 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Decca.
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Edward MacDowell
New England Idyls, Op 62 (No 5, 'In Deep Woods')
Performer: James Barbagallo.- Marco Polo.
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Constant Lambert
Elegiac Blues (1927)
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- ASV.
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Florence Price
Symphony no.3 in C minor (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- DG.
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Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor, MS 78 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alexandre Dubach. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.- Brilliant Classics.
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Teresa Carreño
Impromtu, Op 5, 'A Tear'
Performer: Alexandra Oehler.- Grand Piano.
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Anonymous
The Ash Grove
Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- Warner.
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Harry Burleigh
From the Southland, arr for piano (2nd mvt, 'In the Cold Moonlight')
Performer: Lara Downes. Music Arranger: Lara Downes.- Rising Sun Music.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 9 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Roberto Paternostro. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.- Capriccio.
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Joanna Borrett
Highlands
Performer: Joanna Borrett. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.- Clan.
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Anthony Collins
The Song of Erin (Lamentation)
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.- Dutton Epoch.
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Bob Chilcott
The Modern Man I Sing (No 2, 'The Last Invocation')
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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